Friday January 7th, 2011 – According to reports received by Tahavole Sabz, Zahra Hatami and Sajdeh Kianoosh Rad have been under extreme interrogation pressures while in solitary confinement.

Zahra Khatami a devoted public servant and Sajdeh Kianoosh Rad have been under extreme interrogation pressures for approximately two months while held in solitary confinement at Evin’s ward 209. During this time, they have only been permitted to contact their families a couple of times.

Despite numerous efforts by both families to secure visitation rights, neither have succeeded to see their loved ones to date. As a result the families are extremely concerned for their wellbeing.

During her last telephone converstation with her family, Sajdeh Kianoosh Rad, a member of the Participation Front’s Central Council informed them that she is once again under extreme pressure in solitary confinement.

The reason behind the pressures on these two woman, one of whom was just married and the other a mother of 6 children remains unclear. However, it looks as though their participation in weekly prayers and Quran recitings and the compassion they have shown towards the families of political prisoners may have been the reason for their arrests.

Sajdeh Kianoosh Rad was previously arrested (along with her parents) when attending a religious ceremony [Kamil prayers] with her family. As a result of the news regarding renewed pressures on female political prisoners, the families of these political prisoners are extremely concerned for their wellbeing but have not received any response from prison officials to date.